Response properties of neurons in the central nucleus and external and dorsal cortices of the inferior colliculus in guinea pig

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 254-266

  Syka, Josef ^a   Popelář, Jiří ^a   Kvašňák, Eugen ^a   Astl, Jaromír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acoustical stimulation; Guinea pig; Inferior colliculus subnuclei; Neurons; Response properties

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0033923182     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000426     Document Type: Article

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